February: African American History Month. March: Women's History Month. May: Asian Pacific Heritage Month. November: American Indian Heritage Month. These are among a number of months during which U.S. schools host activities to enlighten...

NYSSCA has completed it's first video in a new series of panel discussions on current topics in school counseling. The first, Mental Health and the School Counselor's Role, is now available on the NYSSCA YouTube channel. The panel includes NYSSCA board members with guest...

As many as 8 million U.S. public school students struggle academically simply because they miss too much school. Recognizing this, 36 states and the District of Columbia have begun holding schools accountable for chronic student absenteeism under the federal Every Student...

Nowadays, a typical news session begins with us logging on to our preferred social media website in the morning to catch up on what we missed while we slept. We quickly scroll past the memes from high-school friends or extended family, rolling our eyes at their attempts...

Michele Lew, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "In the last few years, I’ve noticed an increase in stress, anxiety, and depression in high school students. The causes range from intense pressure to perform academically to social media expectations and influence to...

There is a gap in education between the knowledge of prevention and the act of prevention. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics early universal screening for the risk of learning disabilities leads to better intervention, improved student performance throughout...

The mobile internet is now the primary knowledge platform across the world, and that means educators and administrators must evolve their pedagogy along with it, Apple Education executive Jon Landis said. Speaking at the State...

After months of suspense, the results of the midterm elections — arguably some of the most important the nation has seen in years — are in. The stakes are high, with voters weighing in on issues like healthcare, immigration and President Donald Trump's controversial...

School resource officers, law enforcement personnel that are responsible for safety and crime prevention in schools, have been in place for more than six decades. In the wake of high-profile school shootings, SROs are receiving renewed attention as integral components of...

In October 2015, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump said if he was elected president, he would consider eliminating the U.S. Department of Education. While that hasn't happened since he took office in January 2017,...

All those hall monitors exhorting students to stand up straight may be on to something: A new study finds that a typical student hunching under the weight of a backpack could experience more than 11 times that weight in stress on their...

Jennifer Ruef, a contributor for The Conversation, writes: "I teach people how to teach math, and I've been working in this field for 30 years. Across those decades, I've met many people who suffer from varying degrees of math trauma — a form of debilitating mental...

For an elementary school teacher who works with economically disadvantaged students, it can be discouraging to hear phrases like "significant achievement gap" or "30-million-word gap" in discussions of the reading and vocabulary development...

Today, virtual reality devices transport classrooms to the moon and back. On Earth, students complete quizzes while lying on floor mats and build robots at customizable workbenches. Schools moving away from traditional classrooms now fill their learning spaces with tables...

Middle school teacher Greg Cruey can explain the most harrowing details of his students' lives with matter-of-fact precision. That smart sixth-grader who had her hand raised last period? She's homeless and has, in the past, been suicidal. That middle school student who seemed...